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G League Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Season Ticket Holders Get First Dibs at Rockets-Celtics Tickets

April 23, 2009 - NBA G League (G League)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers News Release


HIDALGO, TEXAS - The NBA D-League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced today that they have lowered their ticket prices for the 2009-10 campaign by about 25% across the board from the 2008-09 prices.

Anyone who purchases season tickets before May 1 will be able to take part in the pre-sale for tickets to the Houston Rockets-Boston Celtics game on October 7 at Dodge Arena. The pre-sale starts tomorrow.

Full Season Tickets (24 games) can be purchased for as little as $150 each, down from $250 last season. Mini Plans (12 games) can be purchased starting at $100 and single game tickets start at $7 each.

Season tickets can be purchased by calling the Vipers at (956) 972-1144 Monday-through-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-until-5:00 p.m. or in- person at the Vipers' office at 6400 N. 10th St. in McAllen.

"This is a great way to reward our fans for their support. Everyone's excited about the Rockets coming down to the Rio Grande Valley in October, and this allows us to make sure that the most dedicated Vipers fans get to go to the game," Vipers President/General Manager Brian Michael Cooper said.

A complete pricing list can be found at rgvipers.com.

The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are a professional basketball team in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA's official minor league and features 16 teams with direct affiliations to NBA teams for the 2008-09 season. An expansion team will begin play in Portland, Maine for the 2009-10 season, and the Anaheim Arsenal will relocate to Springfield, Mass., with a new name, logo, and team colors. Sixty former NBA Development League players were on 2008-09 NBA start-of-season rosters, and the league continues to develop current NBA coaches and referees. In fostering the league's connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote youth basketball, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs. The NBA D-League also advances the game of basketball as the research and development arm of the NBA. Throughout this season fans can watch all NBA D-League games on NBA Futurecast, the free live Web-streaming initiative found at nba.com/futurecast. The Vipers NBA affiliates are the Houston Rockets, and the New Orleans Hornets.

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